One of the most popular questions into the KOMO 4 Weather E-mail bin is “How can I become a meteorologist?
We’re here to help 🙂 High School Students: While in high school, just be sure to take as many science and math-type related classes as you can–such as Physics, Chemistry, Trigonometry, etc. If your high school offers an early college math program, it’ll give you a head start in your weather degree. In the meantime, just read as much about weather as you can—you can find a lot of easy research on the Internet. Become familiar with basic terms such as what a barometer is, or what is the difference between high and low pressure, or what a cold front is. A good place to search around is: Weather.about.com . Other good resources would be to paruse through our Ask Steve Web site, as well as our Weather FAQ to learn about Northwest weather quirks. Or even better yet, Steve Pool and I have co-authored a book called “Somewhere, I Was Right” that is a fun look at how to forecast weather in the Northwest. You can find out more information there at www.stevepool.com College Students: Once you
